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    "Look, man, that open ceiling has to be a security issue," Sokka says. Ahead of them, Toph's already climbed onto the stage. "What is this place, anyway? Is it for, like, performances? Dancers? What does the Fire Nation do for entertainment other than burn stuff down?"

    "It's an arena, actually," Zuko says. His voice feels distant from him, like it's speaking without his input. "It's used for Agni Kai."

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    A few months after the war, the gang stumbles upon a room in the palace. Or, more accurately, the room.

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    11 Oct 2025

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    "I’m sorry, but I’m not a machine. I need to eat.” Ivan said quietly, polite but with an undertone of annoyance that wasn’t noticed.

    The moment the words left his mouth, he knew it was a mistake. The silence that followed stretched too long, heavy and cold. He had heard that silence before, seen it before others were punished—but never towards him.

    It happened so fast, he could hardly tell what ‘it’ even was. Sharp pain filled his head and he brought a hand to his cheek. Why did Unsha hit him..? He had never done this before. All he did was politely request a break.

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    After a harsh punishment from his guardian, Ivan finds himself injured, shaken, and longing for the one person who’s ever made him feel safe—Till. But when Till sees the damage done, something changes between them. In the quiet shade of the garden, comfort turns into something deeper, something Till urgently tries to ignore.

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    21 Jun 2025

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    Maybe this was a real date. Maybe Abe and him ditched homecoming. It’s the obvious choice, after all; traditional school dances are ridiculously amatonormative. And instead of plotting to steal JFK’s girlfriend by having their quote, unquote “double date” go wrong, Topher was here to experience something new. Something he didn’t think he could.

    Love.

    In a platonic way, of course. Again, he’s a straight cis hetero male. For the most part.

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    Topher Bus receives twenty dollars in exchange for being Abe Lincoln's boyfriend for one day. Instead of destroying JFK and Joan's relationship like originally planned, they instead spend their Saturday night drunk in Abe's car at the desert. Hijinks ensue!

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    07 Jun 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 58

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    If Ivan cannot believe in Till the way people once believed in gods, then his faith must be similar to a dog’s. Like a lowly creature with nowhere else to go, he believes in Till’s capacity to be falteringly human.

    Till, he imagines saying. I never really told you about the flowers, did I?

    (Or: On the last day of classes, Ivan writes thirteen drafts of his graduation note to Till. Each is a little more dishonest than the one before)

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    02 Apr 2025

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    “Did you know there’s a celebration called Valentine’s Day?”

    The air around them is still as Till asks this. No gust of wind or even a slight breeze within these manufactured walls. The rough, synthetic grass brushes against Ivan’s palm as he shifts, turning on his side to look at Till, who’s staring brightly at the blue and white paint above their heads.

    “Heh, I learned it from a book Mizi found,” Till proudly reveals when Ivan doesn’t respond right away. “It’s a… what’s the word? Rendition? Yeah, it’s a rendition from Earth or something.”

    “It’s tradition, dumbass,” Ivan corrects.

    Ivan learns that his adoption date falls on an Earth tradition called Valentine’s Day.

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    13 Feb 2025